Corrupt maidservant

Corrupt maidservant

(notes to the classic of Materia Medica)

[source] it is the stem and leaf of Verbenaceae.

[plant morphology] tofu wood, also known as manshanxiang, xiaotuichi, zhishimu, zaohecai, heimaolie, chouchangshan, tiehoopsan, chouliandan, hufushu, zhuifengsan, liangfenye, zaoheshuzi, liuliuyueleng, tofu wood, guanyinchai, paste mixi, Choucha, loumachai, tuchangshan, xiaoqingshu.

Deciduous shrub, 2-6m high. Tender shoots have multicellular pubescence. Leaves opposite, ovoid or oblong, 2.5-7 cm long and 1.5-3 cm wide, apex acute or acuminate, base cuneate, upper part of leaf margin sparsely serrated, both sides of leaves pubescent; main veins raised, lateral veins 5-7 pairs; petiole about 7-12 mm long, pubescent. Panicles terminal or subterminal axillary. Bracteoles 1, acicular, 2-3 mm long; flowers small, calyx cup-shaped, with shallow 5 teeth, teeth margin short hairy; corolla pale yellow, funnel-shaped, 2-lipped, 4-lobed; stamens 4, 2-strong, shorter than corolla, filaments with short hairs at lower part, anthers 2-locular, base separated; pistil 1, stigma 2-lobed, ovary superior. Drupe rounded, ca. 6 mm in diam., red, with persistent calyx. The flowering period is from May to June. The fruit period is from June to July.

It grows in mountain and roadside. It is distributed in Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

The root of this plant is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] it can be harvested in spring, summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] 1. Hunan medicine records: "bitter, cold, non-toxic. "

② Fujian Chinese herbal medicine: "slightly pungent, cool. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and detumescence. Treatment of malaria, diarrhea, carbuncle, rash, swelling and poison, trauma and bleeding.

① It is effective to treat malaria. Also wine stains skin, treatment of heart and abdominal pain. "

② "Hunan medicine annals": "clearing away heat and toxin, reducing swelling and relieving pain. To treat diarrhea, diabetes, phlegm malaria. "

③ "Jiangxi folk herbal medicine prescription": "cool, antipyretic, detoxification carbuncle. To cure malaria; to apply knife and axe to wound. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping, grinding, mixing or frying.

[selection] 1. Treatment of malaria: three to five coins of rotten maidservant leaves. Make it with boiling water and take it two hours before the onset of malaria. (prescription of Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

② Cure dysentery: rot maidservant stem leaf (root) five money, sea Jinsha vine five money. Decoct in water, remove dregs and mix with white sugar or brown sugar. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

③ Cure liver fire headache, scald: rot maidservant stem, leaf seven money, Plantago five money. Take it in water. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

④ Treatment of swelling and poison: rot the leaves of maidservant, dry them in the sun, grind them into powder, and apply them with yellow vinegar. (Hunan medical records)

⑤ Treatment of erysipelas: four to five liang of rotten maidservant leaves. Fry in water, keep warm and wash the affected area. Avoid being windy when washing. (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual)

⑥ Treatment unknown swelling poison: fresh rotten maidservant leaves mashed, external application; or dry, grind fine powder, use honey to adjust the affected area. Those who have not suppurated at the beginning can dissipate after two or three days of continuous application. Local not red not swollen yin disease taboo. (prescription of Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⑦ Treatment of knife and axe wounds: fresh leaves of Yong maidservant, smashed like mud, applied to the wound, can stop bleeding and relieve pain. (prescription of Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

⑧ Carbuncle treatment: rotten maidservant fresh leaves and brown sugar mashed topical.

⑨ Treatment: rotten maidservant's fresh leaves are mashed and mixed with honey for external application.

⑩ Treatment of snakebite: fresh leaves of rotten maidservant, fresh roots of Malan and fresh roots of Xingxiu vegetable. With mash add some hundred Leather Cream (pot bottom ash) evenly apply occipital bone and wound.

(11) treatment of bee and crab injuries: fresh leaves of rotten maidservant rub the affected area.

(12) treatment of hookworm dermatitis (hookworm dermatitis): soak the fresh leaves and roots of the rotten maidservant in decoction. (the following formula is Fujian Chinese herbal medicine.)

[clinical application] treating burn

Take the root bark or leaves of small green trees, dry them in the sun and grind them into fine powder, then apply cotton oil or vegetable oil to the wound surface, 1-2 times a day. 60 cases of small area burn were treated. The pain was relieved half an hour after the application of medicine, and recovered in about one week.